Eric Bellinger recruits Wale for his new single “Treat Yourself”. Eric B for President: Term 2 drops March 10th.

Eric Bellinger shared his acoustic mixtape https://genius.com/albums/Eric-bellinger/Eric-b-for-president-term-1 earlier this year. A month later, he’s still working with the timeless guitar sound, but he’s beefed it up with some driving drum programming. “Treat Yourself” plays to all of Bellinger’s strengths, as he delivers a nimble hook that could easily be applied to a more conventional radio single. Eventually Wale shows up, sounding comfortable as ever over the warm R&B instrumental.

Bellinger had previously collaborated with Wale and says their chemistry was instant after the MMG rapper’s “One Reason” single. “Treat Yourself” is a continuation of their genuine friendship.

“Wale is somebody that is someone that I’ve looked up to for a long time just for his passion, his passion he wears it on his sleeve,” the Compton native shares. “He wears his heart on his sleeve and he really does it for the culture. He’s offended when certain things that aren’t Hip Hop criteria go down. And that’s just who he is and I’m the same way. So for us to link up, it’s like we both were speaking the same language. From the first session we had together we wrote ‘One Reason’ in that studio the first time. That ended up being one of his singles, so it just goes to show how fast our chemistry really was established, but to have him on this record, it was a braggadocious record. It’s a stunting record and he fits the description perfect.”